口语学习技巧|what is done cannot be undone 覆水难收

覆水难收是一个汉语成语，覆指pour, 水是water, 难表示hard to do or difficult, 收指retrieve。

覆水难收字面意思指倒在地上的水很难收回（spilled water cannot be gathered up again），常用来比喻事情已成定局、很难挽回，可以翻译为What is done cannot be undone^1。

例句：

吉尔非常快就后悔告诉迈克她恨他，但她了解已经是覆水难收了。

Jill soon regretted telling Mike that she hated him, but she knew that whats done cannot be undone.

无人能拯救他们的婚姻，已经覆水难收了。

Nobody can save their marriage. What is lost is lost.